Sounding toy



G. L. ROLLINS.

SOUNDING TOY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11.1921.

1,404,894. Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pwhgnted Jan, 31,1922,

Application filed February 11, 1921. Serial No. 444,3)9.

To-allwhomit mayconcern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. Romans, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, havev invented a certaln new and useful Improvement in Sounding 'loys, ofwhich the following is a specification. p My invention relates to improvements in to s.

lhe object of my invention is to provide a toy adapted to be attached to a childs chair, the toy having a suspended ball that the child, while sitting in the chairmay swing to and fro for the childs amusement.

My. invention further provides a sounding member adapted to be struck by the ball to produce a sound, the ball being suspended by a flexible'device, such as a cord, which mayor may not be elastic.

My invention further provides novel means by which the positions of the ball and sounding member may be adjusted ver tically and laterally with reference to the chair.

Other novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a of my invention, showing the device attached to a childs high chair.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the sounding disk, ball and some of the other parts shown in Fig. 1, and enlarged in Fig- 2. p

Fig. 3 is a top view of what is shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of what is shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 and Fig. Glare respectively plan and vertical sectional views of one form of device for supporting the vertical rod, which in turn supports the horizontal rod.

Fig. 7 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in central vertical section. of another form of my invention.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

1 designates aball which may be of any suitable material, such as rubber or leather and which may have mounted on it an encircling ring 2, preferably rigid material,

front elevation of one form' such as metal, "and adapted, when the ball 1 is swung to strike a horizontal sound ing disk 4, also preferably of metal, and which has a central hole through which on tends a vertical screw threaded-rod 3.

Inthe form of my invention shownin Figs. 1 and 2 the rod 3 has mounted on it above and below the disk 4: two nuts 5, which clamp the disk at in the position to' which it'may'be adjusted onthe rod 3, said rod being mounted in a vertical screw threaded hole provided ina block 8., The'block 8 is provided also with" a horizontal hole in which is secured a. rod 9. The lower end of the rod?) is provided with. an eye 6 in which is secured the upper end of afiexible device such as acord 7*,which may be elastic,and which has its lower end secured to theball 1. o p p I The rod 9 is mounted slidably in a hori zontal hole in a block l() which is provided with a vertical hole in which is slidably mounted a vertical rod 11. p In theblock 10 are provided set screws lQand' 13 which may be employed to releasably hold the rods 11 and 9 in the positions to which they may be respectively adjusted.

The rod 11 extends through two holes provided in the arms of a ll-shaped clamping block let the lower arm of which is provided with a vertical screw threaded hole in which is fitted a set screw 19 which is adapted to bear against the under side of a shelf 16, such as is usually pivotally secured to the arms 17 of a childs high chair 18, the upper arm of the block 14- hearing against the upper side of the shelf 16. In the middle vertical portion of the Ushaped block I 4 is held clamped against the block 8 by a- 7 single nut 5.

The sounding member may be of any desired shape, in Fig. 1 it isshown as flat, and in Fig. 7 as having the central portion con- In the form shown in Fig. 7, the rod 9 may have a lateral notch 23 which is adapted to receive the adjustment endof the rod 3, thereby holding the block 8 against movement on the rod 9.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown a horizontal plate 20, which is provided with a vertical .boss 21 through which extends a vertical hole adapted to receive the lower end of the rod 11. A set screw 22 is provided in the boss 21 for holding the rod 11 in its proper position. The plate may be secured to the floor by any suitable means, when it is desired to mount the device onthe floor.

The operation of the invention is simple.

I To vertically adjust the block 10, the set screw 12 is loosened, after which the block may be vertically adjusted on the rod 11.

Or the set, screw 15 may he loosened and the rod 11 vertically adjusted.

By loosening theset screw 13, the rod 9 may be adjusted lengthwise in the block 10, The child sitting in the chair 18 may swing the ball 1 until thering 2 strikes the sounding member 4, thereby producing sounds for the amusement of the child. Or the ring 2 may be dispensedwithfif desired. It the cord 7 used is elasticthe ball 1 may be drawn downwardly, and upon being released it will fly upward and strike the sounding member 4.

In mounting the device upon the shelf 16, it may be secured thereto in any suitable position. 'When the shelf isswung on the arm 17 to .which it is pivoted, the device will be carried with it so as to clear the front of the chair, so that the child may be placed upon or removed from the chair seat without interfering with the mechanism.

1 do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as many modifications, within the scope of the. appended. claims, may be made without departingxfrom the spirit of my invention; What I claim is. p 1. The combination with a vertical rod, of means for ecuring the rod toa chair, a transverse rod, means supported by the vertical'rod by which the transverse rod may be horizontally and vertically adjusted, a disk, means for supporting the disk on the transverserod, a ball, and an elastic member secured to the ball and supporting means by 1which the ball may be swung to strike the c 1s c.

2. The combination with a, pivoted shelf of a childs chair, of a support, means for securing said support to saidshelit', a soundingdisk carried by said support, a ball, and means for supporting the ball. from said support so that the ball may be. swung to strike the disk. j

In testimony whereof I. have signed my name to this specification. V GEORGE ROLLINS. 

